Vibration-absorbing motor-stand.



J. G. RIMMER.

VIBRATION ABSORBING MOTOR STAND.

APPLICATION FILED MAY7,1913.

1,165,288, Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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VIBRATION-ABSORBING MOTOR-STAND.

ma lman of Lette Patent Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed an 1, ma] Serial No. 100,030.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Janna G. Rmm, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Dorchester, county of Suflolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Vibration-Absorbing Motor-Stands, of which the following descrip tion, in connection with the accompanymg drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

The conversion of alternating current electric energy as commonly supplied for commercial purposes, into motive power particularly in small units, has hitherto been subject to a serious objection in places the reason that alternating current motors are subject to'intense, internal magnetically induced vibrations of short amplitude and high frequency causing a humming or buzzing which is transmitted to, and intensified by, the base on which the motor is mounted provided the motor be fastened to the base so as to be in any 'wise solid and secure. It has been proposed to interpose felt or rubber pads between the motor and its base tolessen the objectionable noise thus created but so far as I am aware these pads have been interposed directly between the motor and base and in position to be compressed as the motor is screwed tight to the base so that- 'the noise dampenireig property of the pad is largely diminish A prime object of the present invention is to provide a motor mounting wherein flexible pieces are interposed to support the motor on its base securely and firmly, and

with the flexible vibration absorbingJ piecesinterposed between the motor and ase in a manner sothat these vibration absorbing pieces are not compressed in use but hold the motor in suspension with a stretching or tension tendency instead, whereby the maximum of vibration absorbing property is constantly attained, so'that the magnetically induced vibration imparted to the base and toother objects in the vicinity is practically nil; I have found even when vibration absorbing pads are interposed between themotor and its stand, in a manner so that such pads or pieces are compressed, there is still a considerable transmission of the objectionable magieticall induced vibration of, short am litude and 'gh frequency, with a resulting umming. So far as I am aware, however, it has heretofore been considered motor proper necessary. for holding a motor in substantlally fixed and rigid position so as to be capable of transmitting power by belt or like gear transmission, to have such flexible vibration absorbing pads or pieces interposed between the motor and its stand in a way so that they are compressed and hence less effective for the desired purpose. I have found that by mounting the motor on its stand w1th a plurality of interposed vibration absorbin strips or pieces mutually opposed and he d under tension in a manner so as to thereby hold the motor substantially fixed andrigld, I am enabled to attain the two-fold beneficial results of keeping the inte osed strips constantly under tension and en ce most effective for insulating and dampening the magnetically induced vibratron, and at the same. time the opposite pull of the opposltely disposed holding strips holds the motorsecure and substantially immovable so that ower can be transmitted therefro n by usua gearing connections for any desired purpose such as operating an organ blower for which the device is well and buzzing.

T e salientcharacteristics of the invention will be better understood from the fpl .1ow1ng detailed description taken in con-' nection with the accompanying drawings wherein an illustrative embodiment of the inventlon is shown and will be thereafter pointed out in the a pended claims.

Referring to the rawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the motor mounted in a base support in accordance with my invention; an Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

An alternating current motor of any usual or suitable typeis indicated conventlonally at 10,.the bottom plate 11 of the motor being secured to the casting of the I as by clamp bolts 12 in usual manner.

The motor stand or base is indicated at 13 and may be of any usual or appropriate form. Spacing blocks 14' are mounted at opposite sides of this base being held in position by'bolts 15 passing therethrough and through the base 13. These bolts extend above the tops of the spacing blocks 14 and are adapted to clamp down on to the tops of said blocks, flexible strips or pieces 16 the blocks 14 by presser plates 17 restin on the tops thereof, these plates beingacte on by the nuts 18 threaded on the tops of bolts 15 and thus the flexible pieces 16 are held rigidly assembled with the base, and with their inner sides free and spaced some little distance above the base 13. To these free sides of the flexible pieces 16 the bottom plate 11 of the motor is clamped by means of bolts 19 and clamp plates 20, these bolts being drawn up for clamping action by their nuts 21 in a manner at once understood.

The flexible strips or pieces 16 may be of rubber or any other suitable vibration absorbing material and in practice these are made of the proper thickness and texture to hold the motor suspended and substantially immovable in its operative action with the power transmission belt engaged therewith. It will be understood that the device may be set in any convenient position or' at any angle, and that under certain conditions the flexible tension action of the pieces 16 may be utilized to act as a constant belt tension adjuster, this being readily practicable owing to the elasticity of the rubber if rubber pieces be used.

It is to be understood that by the present invention 1 especially aim to insulate the motor from its base so as to eliminate-the short-amplitude, magnetically induced vi-' brations as distinguished from the slower mechanical vibrations, and where I refer to vibration absorbing means in the present description and claims I mean such provision, illustratively shown as the rubber strips 16, as is adapted for this purpose; 5. (2., while interposed metallic springs would be adapted to dampen and lessen the slower mechanical vibrations, such springs would be practically useless for the present purpose, since their spring action is entirely too slow for absorbing the high frequency magnetic vibrations.

While having many other and more general fields of usefulness such as in adding machines, cash carrying machines and the many other places where insulation from magnetically induced vibration is desirable, the invention finds a peculiar and particularly important utility in connection with musical instruments such as organs and piano players. With these instruments, while it is essential that the motor be mounted inside of or closely adjacent the instrument, this has hitherto been, impracticable for the reason that the magnetically induced vibrations of the motor as to amplitude and frequency, are within the sounding range of the instrument so that the instrument is caused to set up sympathetic vibrations in unison with those of the motor, intensifying the hum of the motor to an extent precluding its memmhconnection. Ihavefoundthat with the use of my invention the motor can be housed within the instrument casing and the magnetically induced vibration eliminated so that its effects are quite unnoticeable. The invention is also useful in connection with generators and rotary transformers, the term motor being used herein in an illustrative and not a restrictive sense; I therefore do not desire to be limited to any particular form, nor do I desire to be limited to the specific details of construction shown, and I hence refer to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of protection intended-to be secured.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Apparatus of the kind described, com-- prising an electric motor, a motor base, and means for holding said motor substantially immovable and also insulated as to magnetically induced vibration from said base, said means consisting in a plurality of nonmetallic strips of vibration dampening and absorbing material adapted to deaden magnetically induced vibrations connected to said motor and to said base, said strips engaging the motor at opposite sides thereof and being held under tension as the motor is supported thereby.

2. Apparatus of the kind described, comprising an electric motor, a motor base, and means for holding said ,motor spaced away from said base, substantially immovable, and insulated as to magnetically induced vibration therefrom, said means consisting in a plurality of strips of vibration absorbin material secured at their outer ends to sai base at opposite sides of said motor and extending in toward one another with their inner ends fixed to the motor to support it, the motor being held substantially immovable by said strips and in turn holding them under tension as it is supported thereby.

3. Apparatus of the kind described, comprising an electric motor, a motor base, and means for holding the motor substantially immovable with respect to the base, in

spaced apart relation thereto and insulated as to magnetically induced vibration therefrom, said means consisting in a pair of flexible rubber-like strips connected to said base at opposite sides of the motor and extending inward engaging the motor at their inner ends, said strips being held under tension as the motor is supported thereby.

4. Apparatus of the kind described, comprising a motor base having a pair of op sitely arranged flexible vibration absorbing strips fixed thereto at one end, and a motor fixed at either side to the other ends of said strips to be held immovably suspended thereby in spaced apait relation to the base and to hold said strips under tension.

mouse A I .A1 aratus of the kind described, eolntestimony whereof, I have signed my pfisinEs: motor stand% a motor, and vibraname to this specification, in the presence of tion a rbing means or holding the motor two subscribing wi in spaced apart relation to the stand, said JAMES G. RIMMER. i means being arranged to be placed under tension by its motor holding action and to HA1 C. Hmlrmr, hold said motor substantially immovable. Gun: L. 

